andrew, to me it seems a little crude, and you have only created 60V
strings
;]
the charging will be a hurdle.also what sort of current/amperage draw are
you going to need? will these batteries cope???
They are 72v, as there are ten in series.
It is crude, and I guess I wouldn't really try it. No doubt the charging
will be a hurdle, and I don't really think the light dimmer idea is
practically doable. I am looking at 400-1000 amps for my bike peak, yes they
will cope, they can even do 50 amps each with more voltage drop. I bought
the batteries I linked to here:
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=89 and took
the following data:
Battery 1 after overcharge for about 20 hrs at 250 ma (oops!)
After Connector cut off
Battery feels warm to hot
Open C. 8.41v
30 amps: 6.5
50 amps: 5.42
80 amps: 3.61
The load was only momentary.
Battery 2 after charge at 250 ma for 7hrs
Connector cut off
Battery feels slightly warmer than room temp
Open C. 8.47v
30 amps: 6.61
50 amps: 5.53
80 amps: 3.75
